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IDE WITT'S 

ETHIOPIAN AXD COMIO DEAMA. * 



OWE NIGHT 



MEDICAL COLLEGE. 



M ETHIOPIAN SKETCH, L\ ONE SCENE. 



By FRANK DUMONT, 

Author of "My Wife's Visitors" " The Midnight Intruder," "-Painter's 
Apprentice," " The Noble Savage," " The Polar Bear," ** Who's 
the Actor?" "Absent- Minded," "Who's Baby is It?" 
"Election Day," " The Lunatic," " Vinegar Bit- 
ters," « An Awful Plot," " Rival Barber 
Shops," "Making a Hit," "What 
Shall I Take?" etc., etc. 

ORICINALLY PERFORMED AT GLOUCESTER, MASS., APRIL 5, 1876, BY 
DUPREZ AND BENEDICT'S MINSTRELS. 



TO WHICH ARE ADDED, ffl 

A Description of the Costumes -Cast of the Characters— Entrances Jjf 

and Exits— Relative Positions of the Performers on the \a 

Stage and the whole of the Stage Business. \ 



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Adrienne, drama, 3 acts 7 

Anything for a Change, comedy, 1 3 
Apple Blossoms, comedy, 3 acts. . . 7 

Area Belle (The), farce, 1 act 3 

Atchi, comedietta, 1 act 3 

Aunt Charlotte's Maid, farce. 1 act. . 3 
Game of Cards (A), c< medietta, 1 3 
Bardell vs. Pickwick, sketch, 1 act. 6 

Beautiful Forever, farce, 1 act 2 

Bells (The), drama, 3 acts 9 

Birthplace of Podgers, farce, 1 act . . 7 

Black Sheep, drama, 3 acts 7 

Blow for Blow, drama, 4 acts 11 

Bonnie Fish Wife, farce, 1 act 3 

Breach of Promise., drama, 2 acts.. 5 
Broken-Hearted Club, comedietta. 1 4 

Cabman, No. 93, farce, 1 act 2 

Caste, comedy, 3 acts 5 

Caught by the Cuff, farce, 1 act 4 

Cast" upon the World, drama. Sacts.10 
Catharine Howard, historical play, 

3 acts 12 

Charming pair, farce, 1 act 4 

Checkmate, comedy, 2 acts 6 

Chevalier de St. George, drama, 3 9 
Chops of the Channel, farce, 1 act. 3 

Clouds, comedy, 4 acts 8 

Comical Countess, farce, 1 act 3 

Cupboard Love, farce, 1 act 2 

Cupid's Eye-Glass, comedy. 1 act... 1 

Cup of Tea, comedietta, 1 act 3 

Cut off with a Shilling, comedietta, 

1 act 2 

Cyrill's Success, comedy, 5 acts 10 

Captain of the Watch (The), come- 
dietta. 1 act 4 

Daddy Gray, drama, 3 acts 8 

Dandelion's Dodges, farre, 1 act 4 

David ^arrick, comedy, 3 acts 8 

Dearest Mamma, comedietta, 1 act, 4 

Dearer than Life, drama, 3 acts 6 

Deborah (Leah) drama, 3 acts 7 

Deerfoot, farce. 1 act 5 

Doing for the Best, drama, 2 acts. . 5 
Dollars and Cents, comedy, 3 acts. . 9 



Dreams, drama, 5 acts 6 

Duchess de la Valliere, play, 5 acts. '. 6 

Easy Shaving, farce, 1 act 5 

Everybody's Friend, comedy, 3 acts'. 6 

Estranged, an operetta, 1 act 2 

Faus, and Marguerite, drama, 3 acts, 9 
Fearful Tragedy in the Seven Dials, 

interlude, 1 act 4 

Female Detective, drama, 3 acts.... 11 

Fernande, drama, 3 acts 11 

Fifth Wheel, comedy, 3 acts .10 

First Love, comedy, 1 act 4 

Foiled, drama. 4 acts 9 

Founded on Facts, farce, 1 act' '. " '. 4 

Garrick Fever, farce, 1 act 7 

Gertrude's Money Box, farce, 1 act. 4 
Golden Fetter (Fettered), drama, 3 11 
Goose with the Golden Eggs, farce, 

1 act 5 

Go to Putney, farce, 1 act \ 4 

Happy Pair, comedietta, 1 act. . . '. '. '. 1 

Hard Case (A), farce, 1 act 2 

Henry Dunbar, drama, 4 acts 10 

Heniy the Fifth, historical play, 5 38 

He's a Lunatic, farce, 1 act 3 

Hidden Hand, drama, 4 acts 5 

His Own Enemy, farce, 1 act 4 

Home, comedy, 3 acts 4 

Household Fairy, sketch, 1 act! .... 1 

Hunting the Slipper, farce, 1 act 4 

High C, comedietta, 1 act 4 

Hunchback (The), play, 5 acts 14 

If I Had a Thousand a Year, farce, 

1 act 4 

I'm Not Mesilf at All, original Irish 

stew, 1 act 3 

In for a Holiday, farce, 1 act ...... . 2 

In the Wrong House, farce, 1 act. . . 4 

Isabella Orsini, drama, 4 acts 11 

I Sha'l Invite the Major, comedy, 1 4 

Jack Long, drama, 2 acts 9 

Joy is Dangerous, comedy, 2 acts. . . 3 

Kind to a Fault, comedy, 2 acts 6 

Lady of Lyons, play, 5 acts. 12 

Lame Excuse, farce, 1 act 4 



ONE NIGHT "n a 




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/ 

By FRANK D U M O N T , 

AUTHOR OF 

My Wife's Visitors," " The Midnight Intruder," "Painter's Apprentice" " The 

Noble Savage" " The Polar Bear," " Who 's the Actor?" " Absent Minded," 

" Whose Baby is it ?" " Election Day," " The Lunatic," " Vinegar 

Bitters," "An Awful Plot," "Rival Barber Shops," 

"Making a Hit," " What shaU I Take?" etc. 

Originally Performed at Gloucester, Mass., April 5th, 1876, by Duprez and Benedict's Minstrels. 

TO WHICH ARE ADDED 



A DESCRIPTION OP THE COSTUMES — CAST OF THE CHARACTERS — ENTRANCES 

AND EXITS — RELATIVE POSITIONS OF THE PERFORMERS 

ON THE STAGE, AND THE WHOLE OF 

THE STAGE BUSINESS. 



s 



|Uew §Jc*t?t 
ROBERT M. DE WITT, PUBLISHER, 
No. 33 Rose Street. 

Copyright, 1877, by Robert M. De Witt. 






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ONE" XI GUT IX A MEDICAL COLLEGE. 



CAST OF CHARACTERS. 

Esculapius Scalpel, a Medical Student Mr. J. T. Gulick 

George Arrowroot, ) ^^ Trave]lerS) S Mr. Geo H Edwards 

Peleg Venture, ) ' ( Mr. Sam Price 

Slabside, engaged in questionable affairs Mr. D. H. Smith 

The " Subject " in the Bag. .- Mr. Frank Dumont 

The " Subject " on the Plank Master Lino 

Midnight Visitors Messrs. Pox and Ward 

Lucy, the Housekeeper Mr. Frank Kent 

TIME OF PLAYING-TWENTY MINUTES. 

Dark Cham ber. 

4 U. E. ~ Window. Door. 4 U. E. 

r. 3 e. n i 7 n l. 3 e. 

/ Table and Chairs. \ 

R. 2 E. jSjr' Box * L. 2 E - 

E. 1 E. \ \ C/ String with Hook. i,. L E. 

/ Subject on the Plank. \ 

R. R. C C L. C. L. 

V. Orchestra. ^^ 



COSTUMES. 

Scalpel. — Dressing Gown and Cap; White Vest and Pants; Eye- 
glasses. 

Arrowroot. — "White Hat; long Linen Duster, burned in the back; 
rough Pants, Vest, etc. ; Fright Wig. 

Venture. — Short White Ragged Jacket; Colored Vest; dilapidated 
Hat and Pants ; Fright Wig. 

Slabside. — Long Black Coat; Slouched Hat. 

The Subject in the Bag. — Skeleton Mask ; colored Shirt. 

The Subject on the Plank. — Chalk Marks on Face ; White Shirt ; 
Black Pants ; long Black Hair. 

Midnight Visitors. — Long White Gowns ; Masks with Red Foil glued 
upon them. 

Lucy. — Modern Chambermaid's Dress. 

PROPERTIES. 

One Table vjith Knives, Saws, Skull, Lighted Candle; two Chairs; a 
Box ; Plank resting upon two Stools or Boxes ; one Sheet to cover Subject 
on the Plank ; long Bag to envelope the other Subject ; a String with Fish 
Hook attached; a small Pilloio, Handkerchief and piece of Bread placed in 
small black Carpet Bag for Venture; small Bundle for Arrowroot; a 
dilapidated Umbrella for Venture; Dish of Water and Hour to use as 
Smear kase ; Loaf of Bread; Knife and Stone Bottle ; two Flash Boxes filled 
vjith Lacapodium; large Head upon a Pole with White Gown to reach to the 
floor; White Goivns for Midnight Visitors; Green Fire. 



TW P96-007227 



ONE NIGHT IN A MEDICAL COLLEGE. 



Scene. — Dark Chamber with Boor in fiat, and a Window papered and 
painted to represent Panes of Glass. {Lights down.) Set a Table with 
Skull, Knives, Saws, etc. ; lighted Candle upon Table. The Table, also two 
Chairs, R. and L. of it, to occupy centre of Stage. Small wooden Box on 
L. h. near wing ; a String with Hook attached leads out of wing, l. u. 2 
e., to centre of Stage ; a Plank resting upon two Stools, r. h. 3 e. ; upon 
it lies a "Subject," with Chalk marks upon Face ; Skeletons, Bones, etc., 
placed at random about the apartment. At opening of fiats thunder and 
lightning at entrances, as if a terrific storm was raging. 

Esculapius Scalpel (discovered at table a). What an awful night ! the 
rain is pouring in torrents and the lightning is almost continual. I never 
saw such a storm ; it is a lit night for a medical student to pursue his 
studies. 

Enter Lucy, r. h. 1 e. 

Lucy. Oh I what a stormy night it is ! 

Scalpel. Haven't you gone home yet? 

Lucy. It was so stormy I did not dare even look out of the door. 

Scalpel. Well, it is quite late, and you had better go home at once. 
Take my umbrella, you'll find it in the next room, and go home. 

Lucy. I'm afraid of the lightning, sir. 

Scalpel (aside). Confound it. I don't wish to be interrupted in my 
studies to-night. (Aloud). It is not very stormy now and you need not be 
afraid. Leave some lunch in the pantry for me. Let me see ; what did 
I have last night ? 

Lucy. Some crackers and smoked beef. 

Scalpel. Well, get me some claret and some smearkase and bread. I 
must sit up to-night, as I have a fine subject on that plank. 

Lucy. Oh ! I wouldn't .be a doctor's wife for the world ! 

Scalpel. Come, run home now, and don't forget my midnight lunch. 

Lucy. All right, sir; I'll attend to it. Good night, doctor. 

[She exits r. h. 1 e. 

Scalpel. Good night. Now I am alone and every door is locked, I can 
pursue my studies without fear of interruption. Gracious ! what a hor- 
rible night it is. (Crash of thunder and a loud knock at door.) Hello! 
who's there at this late hour! Who's there ? 

Slabside (without). It's mo. Let me in. 

Scalpel. I wonder who it is ? ( Opens door. Slabside enters mysteri- 
ously.) Well, is this you, Slabside ? 



i ONE NIGHT IN A MEDICAL COLLEGE. 

Slabside. Yes, I've got another one for you. I've got him outside. 
Lucky it's so stormy (shakes rain from clothes). 

Scalpel. Another one I well, bring him in. (Bus. Slabside brings in a 
"subject" enveloped in a bag ; they seat him upon the box, L. H.) 

Slabside. That's a heavy one, I tell you. 

Scalpel. How much do I owe you ? 

Slabside. Same as the rest — ten dollars. 

Scalpel. Here's your money (gives money). If you get any more don't 
forget me. 

Slabside. I'll get you another to-morrow night. Good night, doctor. I 
dread going out into that storm again (buttons up coat and exits through door). 

Scalpel. "Well, I'm in luck. Two bodies. I can now try my electri- 
cal battery to see if it is possible to resuscitate life (locks door). No one 
to bother me, and the house deserted. Gay is the life of a medical stu- 
dent. (Bus. Terrific peal of thunder and crash. George Arrowroot falls 
into the room through the papered window, while several flashes of lightning 
appear to strike him ; he rolls down to C. of stage, grasping his bundle. 
Scalpel starts back and George rises ; goes to r. h.) 

George. I've just got in. 

Scalpel. "What's the matter with you ? 

George. Just as I turned that corner the wind struck me and the light- 
ning took all the starch out of my duster. I believe the lightning came 
pretty close to me (turns back and shows duster burned in the back). 

Scalpel. Yes, I believe it did scorch you I 

George. I feel kinder singed ! 

Scalpel. Now that you're in here, what do you want? 

George. I want to stop here to-night ! 

Scalpel. I don't keep a hotel, sir. 

George. What do you keep ? 

Scalpel. I keep these rooms for my own use. You'll find a hotel 
several blocks from here. 

George. Well, I don't go out into that storm again. I'm no hog ; I 
know when I've got enough. 

Scalpel. But you can't remain here, sir. Perhaps you don't know 
where you are ? 

George. Well, I didn't a few minutes ago when the lightning hit me. 

Scalpel. I'm a medical student ; in the course of my studies of anatomy 
I cut up people. You don't want to stay where I'm cutting up people, 
do you? 

George. I don't care as long as you don't cut into me. 

Scalpel (aside). Confound it; this fellow is not a bit frightened. 
(Aloud). See here, sir, you must leave this house. The ghosts of the 
people I've cut up come in here every night at twelve o'clock. 

George. Don't you get tired of seeing the same people every night? 

Scalpel. They seize me by the hair of the head and drag me all over 
the floor. Oh ! I've seen horrible sights in this house. 

George. Well, why don't you move ? 

Scalpel. The house is haunted. I can't sleep at night. 

George. Well, sit up and enjoy yourself. Go out there and get struck 
by lightning once and I'll bet you'll sleep. I feel a little bit sleepy 
m}*seff. 

Scalpel (aside). I never saw such a fellow in all my life ; he won't 
scare the least bit. (Aloud). See here, let me warn you in time. These 
ghosts come in here, and should they find you here they'll seize you by 



ONE NIOHT IN A MEDICAL COLLEGE. 5 

the hair of the head, drag you all over the floor, spit flame and smoke 
into your eyes, yell into your ears until their unearthly screams freezes the 
blood in your veins and chills the marrow in your bones, making every 
hair upon your head stand like quills upon the fretful porcupine. Go, sir ; 
go ! Leave this house while you have a chance. 

(Bus. Scalpel walks over to r. h., after having step by step forced George 
to L. h. of stage). Now he'll be only too glad lo get out. 

George (removing coat). "Well, I'll risk it to-night, any way. 

Scalpel (astonished). What ! Will you remain here ? 

George. Yes, I'll stay here to-night, and if I like it I'll come around 
and board here for good. You look pretty well for a man that's went all 
through them troubles. Bring in your ghosts; I'll wrestle with them just 
once (prepares to fight). Where are they ? 

Scalpel. You'll have a chance to display your courage very soon ; it is 
near twelve o'clock, and you'll see that I have spoken the truth. Your 
bed will be the hard floor. 

George. Oh ! I've been there before. 

Scalpel. To show you that I'm not deceiving you, come here, sir, and 
look upon this (takes George to subject upon the plank). Do you see this ? 

George (laughs). What ails him ? Was he out in the storm ? 

Scalpel. That man is dead ! 

George. Drunk ? 

Scalpel. No, sir ; stone dead. (Points to subject in bag) ; there's another 
one in that bag. 

George. Is he dead, too? 

Scalpel. Yes, sir. 

rv~~o~ rE (jaughsy Golly I that fellow died sitting up, didn't he ? 

Scalpel. You seem to think light of these things, but you will pay dear 
for your stupidness. I'll leave you to your fate. If I hear your cries for 
help I will not come to your assistance. Good night. Sleep if you can 
(going). 

George. Oh ! I'll sleep — you bet I will. 

Scalpel. Well, I hope you will ; you'll have the house to yourself. 
Good night, sir. 

George. Au revoir. Say! what time did you say they'd come in 
here? 

Scalpel. At twelve o'clock. 

George. Shall I give them your regards? 

Scalpel. You'll have enough to do to take care of yourself. (Aside.) 
I'll bet he will never want to sleep another night in a medical college. 
I'll put up a job upon him that he will remember as long as he lives. 
Good night ! [Exits r. ii. 1 e. 

George (laughs). He thought he was going to scare me, but he didn't 
(laughs loud, a,nd the laugh is reechoed outside in sepidchral tones. The sub- 
ject in the bag laughs and moves head. George herns, slightly frightened, and 
observes the bag moving.) That feller in the bag ain't dead yet. Well, old 
feller, if you fool with mo I'll finish you. I don't feel so well now as I 
did a while ago. Suppose the ghosts were to come in here, how would I 
get out? I'd have to get out the same way I came in. Well! I've got 
tlie house all to myself. 

Peal of thunder ; loud crash and flash of lightning at window, Peleg 
Venture tumbles in through tlie open window while flashes of lightning en- 



6 ONE NIGHT IN A. MEDICAL COLLEGE. 

velope him; he falls upon the floor, grasping an umbrella ripped and torn to 
shreds, no stick or handle to it. George runs to corner, l. h. Peleg rises 
and stands trembling' near footlights, r. h. ; hair on head is standing erect from 
fright ; he finally picks up carpet bag and hat, which he slung through window 
as he fell through ; perceives George. 

Peleg (aside). Hello ! there's the landlord ; he'll be mad because I came 
in so sudden. 

George (coming toiuards Peleg). Say ! what do you want here ? 

Peleg. Do you want to buy an umbrella? (Holds out the torn umbrella.) 
I'm agent for lightning rods. Do you want to buy one ? 

George. If I'd seen you a while ago I'd bought one, because I got 
struck by lightning. How did you get in here? 

Peleg. I came in through the window. 

George. That's the same way I came in. 

Peleg. Ain't you afraid of lightning? 

George. No; I'm used to it. "What do you want here, any way? 

Peleg. I was standing under an awning over on the corner, and the 
wind blew it down, so I saw a light over in this window, and I thought 
I'd come over and see who lived here. 

George. You'd better get out of this house. Haven't you heard any- 
thing about this place ? 

Peleg. No; I just come over here. 

George. This house is haunted ! I'm a medical stewjum, and I cut up 
people. If you stay here I'll have to cut you up I 

Peleg. I don't want anybody to cut me. 

George. Well, if you stay here, I must cut you up. (Gets knife from 
table and sharpens it upon his shoe.) You'd better get out before I chop 
into you. 

Peleg. You stop fooling ; let me alone. 

George. This place is full of ghosts. They come in here every night 
and grab you by the hair, drag you all around the floor, spit smoke into 
your eyes and fire all over you ; makes your quills stand like hair on a 
porcupine. (Kicks Peleg.) You'd better get out. Oh ! I must cut you 
up. I've got to cut you up any way I 

Peleg. Have you got any proof that the house is haunted ? Did you 
see anything ? 

George. Come here. ( Grabs Peleg and takes him over to subject on 
jylank.) Do you see that ? That's one of them (shows Peleg the bag), and 
there's another one over there. (They go to centre of stage.) 

Peleg. What's the matter with them ? Are they asleep ? 

George. No ; they're dead. 

(Pistol shot in wings. Peleg and George fall to the floor and lie per- 
fectly still, having thrown carpet bag, etc., upwards. George lies with legs 
upwards. Peleg raises head and finally arises, trembling, and stoops to pick 
up his carpet bag. A loud rap is heard in wing as he does so. He starts, 
trembling, with hair erect. As he picks up his hat another rap is heard — bus. 
ad lib. As he picks up his umbrella a loud crash is heard, and Peleg 
bolts for the door. George rises.) 

George. Stop ! Where are you going ? 

Peleg. I'm going back under that awning. (Goes toward r. h.) 
George. Look out; don't go in that room; that's where I cut up 
people. (Peleg starts back.) 



ONE NIGHT IN A MEDICAL COLLEGE. 7 

Peleg. I don't want to stay in this house. There's too much noise 
in here, and I'm awful nervous. 

George. That's the reason you want to lay down and rest. Take a 
sleep and you'll feel better ; let's go to bed. There's nothing wrong with 
the house ; I was only fooling you. 

Peleg (looking around). Where's the bed ? I don't see any. 

George. Why, right down here. (Points to floor.) It's a nice feather 
bed! 

Peleg ( feeling the floor). I guess they took the feathers out and let the 
chickens get in. 

George. There's nice slats in this bed. 

Peleg. If we roll out of bed it won't hurt us much. But I always go 
fixed when I'm out among strangers. ( Opens carpet lag and takes out a 
very small pillow.) 

George. What do you call that ? 

Peleg. That's my pillow. (Places it on floor.) 

George (picking it up). It looks like a pin cushion. I'm afraid that 
pillow will get into my ear. ( While speaking he fastens the fish hook into 
the pilloio and places pillow on floor ; it is then ready to be drawn off into 
■wing. George is about to lie down upon it.) 

Peleg. Hold on! don't aret into bed yet. Wait until I fix the blanket. 
(He takes out a handkerchief from carpet bag and spreads it upon the floor.) 

George. That's the thinnest blanket I ever saw. Come, get into bed. 
(As he is about to place his head upon the pillow it is slowly drawn off to- 
wards l. h. George raises head and observes it.) There goes the pillow ! 
Quick, get the candle ! get the candle ! (Bus. Peleg takes candle from 
the table, while George follows after the pillow — he is about to grab it, when 
it is suddenly pulled into wing, L. h^ 2 e. George turns to look for Peleg, 
going to c. of stage, as Peleg comes behind him and approaches wing l. h. 
2 e. A form is seen to dart out of this wing and blow out Peleg's candle, 
then dart back again.) 

Peleg. Somebody blew out my candle. 

George. I never see such a feller as you are. Where are you ? Bring 
the candle over here (groping in the dark). 

Peleg. Whistle, so I'll know where you are. (They run into each other, 
and George takes the candle from Peleg.) 

George. Go over to the table and get a match. 

Peleg. Where's the table? (Finds table, and feeling around finds skull.) 
Here's the match box ! 

George (feeling in pockets). Well, bring it over here. You're too 
slow, I've found a match. (Strikes a light as Peleg comes over with the 
skull; as he comes towards the light he sees the skull he is holding and hastily 
replaces it upon the table, trembling.) 

Peleg. That's a funny match box! 

George. If you don't stop your fooling I'll have to cut you up! Lay 
down now and see if you can't sleep. (They lie down upon the floor, George 
using his bundle for a pillow.) Look out there, no yamping the blankets ! 
(^4. deep groan is heard. Peleg raises his head as the subject on the plank 
raises his left leg and lowers it. Peleg jumps up, and as he comes towards 
the subject in the bag an arm is seen to issue from the bag and clutch at 
Peleg, who, trembling in every limb, runs 10 George, ivho is sound asleep, 
and repeatedly kicks him.) 

Peleg. George! George! George! Oh! how sound he sleeps. 
George, that other boarder over on the mantlepiece wants a drink of 



8 ONE NIGHT IN A MEDICAL COLLEGE. 

water. George ! (George snores.) Oh ! hear him draw his breath. 
Well, I can't sleep; I'm too nervous. So I'll sit up on the edge of the 
bed and tell stories all night. (Sits down in front of George and opens 
carpet bag.) I think I'll eat a piece of ginger cake. (Bus. As he takes 
the cake from carpet bag and is about to eat it a dark ghostly form comes 
from l. h. 1 e. and snatches the cake from him and exits with it R. h. 1 E. 
Peleg starts up and again kicks George until he wakes him.) 

George. What did you wake me for? 

Peleg. I had my table all set, and the landlord came up just now and 
cleaned away all the provisions. 

George. So you've been eating while I was asleep, and wouldn't wake 
me to give me some. Oh ! I've got to cut you up. 

Peleg. Well, L didn't have enough to go around. 

George. You've got me in the humor of eating. Let us search and see 
if we can't find something to eat. You look over there and I'll look over 
this wajr. ( Peleg goes over to the bag.) 

Peleg. Here's a bag of mock oranges. (Puts his hand into it, but has- 
tily draivs it out, trembling.) There's nothing in that good to eat. (George 
finds lunch in wing, r. h. 2 e. and returns with dish of smear kase and 
spoon, loaf of bread, knife and bottle.) 

George. Oh! see what I've found. Oh! supper. Supper for one. 

Peleg. Oh ! supper. Supper for two ! 

(They place it upon table and seat themselves R. and L. of table. The sub- 
ject in the bag moves over and stands directly behind the table. George, as 
he is about to cut the bread, turns and sees the bag.) 

George. Hello ! how did that bag get over there ? 

Peleg. I'm blamed if 1 know ! Let's eat ; I'm awful hungry. 

(The subject in the bag pokes his head out of bag — the head covered with 
a skeleton mask. Peleg turns and sees the hideous face; he arises and runs, 
trembling, to R. H. 

George. Come over and get some bread and smear kase. (Cuts slice of 
bread.) 

Peleg. No, I ain't a bit hungry; it makes me nervous to eat at 
night. I imagine I see things. 

George. Come over. ( With spoon he places large amount of smear kase 
on the slice of bread.) Oh ! look at this nice smear kase, and watch me 
eat it. (As he is about to eat it the subject in the bag reaches out his hand 
and pushes the bread against George's face, smearing his face with the stuff 
that is on the bread. George rises and comes front.) 

Peleg (laughs). Oh ! look at your face. You're too greedy. (He goes 
over to George.) 

George. You pushed that into my face. I'll fix you as socn as I get it 
out of my eye. (The subject in the bag comes down between them, exposes 
his head and yells at Peleg, who rushes toward 1 e., r. h., to escape. There 
he is met by a flash of fire. George turns and sees the skeleton head of the 
subject in the bag. George, rushes over to 1 e., l. h., and there he is also 
met by a flash of fire. Two figures', robed in whit', with flash boxes, come 
from 1 e., r. and l., and follow Peleg and George, who are staggering and 
falling, to centre of stage. These figures use the flash boxes in throwing 
flames at the two travellers. The subject in the bag seizes George by the 
throat, holding him down. Tlie subject upon the plank leaps from it and 
seizes Peleg in the same way. Large head, with long white robe, appears at 



ONE NIGHT 



A MEDICAL COLLEGE. 



lack from 3 e m r. h., and stands roith arms outstretched in the background. 
Terrific crashes, blowing of horns and ringing of bells, etc. Light green fire 
in wings at first appearance of the phantoms with the flash boxes. Picture 
of horror ! 

Cuetain. 



EXPLANATION OF THE STAGE DIRECTIONS 
The Actor is supposed to face the Audience 



/ 



SCENE. 



R. 2K. 



/ 



B. 1 E. 



/ 



/ 



O. 

AUDIENCE. 



\ 



\ 



l.2e. 



\ 



L. 1 E. 



\ 



l. Left. 

i,. c. Left Centre. 

L. 1 b. Left First Entrance. 

L. 2 E. Left Second Entrance. 

l. 3 E. Left Third Entrance. 

L. u. e. Left Upper Entrance 

(wherever this Scene may he). 

d. l. c. Door Left Centre. 



c. Centre. 
k. Right. 

k. 1 e. Right First Entrance. 

r. 2 e. Right Second Entrance. 

r. 3 e. Right Third Entrance. 

b. v. e. Right Upper Entrance- 

d. r. c. Door Right Centre. 



]5e WITT'S ACTING PLAYS (Continued). 



No. 
144. 

34. 
137. 
111. 
119. 
165. 

48. 
■ 32. 
164. 
109. 

85. 

87. 
143. 
189. 
163. 
154. 

63. 

39. 
7. 

49. 

15. 

46. 

51. 
184. 
108. 
188. 
169. 
130. 

92. 



140. 

115. 
2. 

57. 
104. 
112. 
185. 

84. 
117. 

171. 
14. 

173. 
176. 

90. 
170. 

33. 
3. 

97. 

66. 

172. 

94. 

45. 
155. 

178. 

147. 
156. 
82. 
127. 



M. F. 



Lancashire Lass, melodrama, 5 acts.12 
Larkins' Love Letters, farce, 1 act . . 3 

L'Article 47, drama, 3 acts .11 

Liar (The), comedy, 2 acts 7 

Life Chase, drama, 5 acts 14 

Living Statue (The), farce, 1 act. . . . 3 
Little Annie's Birthday, farce, 1 act. 2 

Little Rebel, farce, 1 act 4 

Little Ruby, drama, 3 acts 6 

Locked In, comedietta, 1 act 2 

Locked In with a Lady, sketch, 1 act. 1 

Locked Out, comic scene 1 

Lodgers and Dodgers, farce, 1 act. . 4 
Leap Year, musical duality, 1 act. . . 1 

Marcoretti, drama, 3 acts 10 

Maria and Magdalena, play, 4 acts . 8 
Marriage at Any Price, farce, 1 act. 5 
Master Jones 1 Birthday, farce, 1 act 4 

Maud's Peril, drama, 4 acts 5 

Midnight Watch, drama, 1 act 8 

Milky White, drama, 2 acts 4 

Miriam's Crime, drama, 3 acts '5 

Model of a Wife, farce, 1 act 3 

Money, comedy, 5 acts 17 

Mr. Scroggins, farce, 1 act 3 

Mr. X., farce, 1 act 3 

My Uncle's Suit, farce, 1 act 4 

My Wife's Diarv, farce, 1 act 3 

My Wife's Out, farce, 1 act 2 

My Walking Photograph, musical 

duality, 1 act 

Never Reckon Your Chickens, etc., 

farce, 1 act 3 

New Men and Old Acres, comedy, 3 8 

Nobody's child, drama, 3 acts 8 

Noemie, drama, 2 acts 4 

No Name, drama, 5 acts 7 

Not a Bit Jealous, farce, 1 act ..... . 3 

Not So Bad as We Seem, play, 5 acts. 14 3 

Not Guilty, drama, 4 acts 10 6 

Not Such a Fool as He Looks, drama, 

3 acts 5 4 

Nothing Like Paste, farce, 1 act 3 1 

No Thoroughfare, drama, 5 acts and 

prologue 13 6 

Off the Stage, comedietta, 1 act 3 3 

On Bread and Water, farce, 1 act. . . 1 2 

Only a 1 1 alf penny, farce, 1 act 2 2 

Only Somebody, farce, 1 act 4 2 

One too Many for Him, farce, 1 act. 2 3 

£100,000, comedy, 3 acts 8 4 

Orange Bio- soms, comedietta, 1 act. 3 3 
Orange Girl, drama, in prologue 

and 3 acts 18 4 

Ours, comedy, 3 acts 6 3 

Our Clerks, farce, 1 act 7 5 

Our Domestics, comedy farce, 2 acts 6 6 
Our Heroes, military play. 5 acts. . .24 5 
Out at Sea, drama in prologue and 

4 acts 16 5 

Overland Route, comedy, 3 acts 11 5 

Peace at Any Price, farce, 1 act 1 1 

Peep o' Day, drama, 4 acts 12 4 

Peggy Green, fane, 1 act 3 10 

Petticoat Parliament, extravaganza, 

in one act 15 24 

Photographic Fix, farce, 1 act 3 2 

A COMPLETE 



1 1 

3 4 
5 

3 
4 

5 
3 




35. 



7 5 



No. M. J\ 

61. Plot and Passion, drama, 3 acts 7 2 

138. Poll and Partner Jce, burlesque, 1 

act 10 3 

110. Poppleton's Predicaments, farce, 13 6 

50. Porter's Knot, drama, 2 acts 8 2 

59. Post Boy, drama, 2 acts 5 3 

95. Pretty Horse-Breaker, farce, 1 act.. 3 10 

181 and 182. Queen Mary, drama, 4 acts.38 8 

157. Quite at Home, comedietta, 1 act. . . 5 2 
196. Queerest Courtship (The), comic op 

eretta, 1 act 1 1 

132. Race for a Dinner, farce, 1 act 10 

183. Richelieu, play, 5 acts. ..16 2 

38. Rightful Heir, drama, 5 acts 10 2 

77. Roll of the Drum, drama, 3 acts 8 4 

13. Ruy Bias, drama, 4 acts 12 4 

194. Rum, drama, 3 acts 7 4 

195. Rosemi Shell, travesty, 1 act, 4 

scenes 6 3 

158. School, comedy, 4 acts 6 6 

79. Sheep in Wolf's Clothing, drama, 1 

Silent Protector, farce, 1 act 

Silent Woman, farce, 1 act 

43. Sisterly Service, comedietta, 1 act. 
6. Six Months Ago, comedietta, 1 act 
10. Snapping Turtles, duologue, 1 act. 

26. Society, comedy, 3 acts 

78. Special Performances, farce, 1 act. 
31. Taming a Tiger, farce, 1 act 3 

150. Tell-Tale Heart, comedietta, 1 act . . 1 
120. Tempest in a Teapot, comedy, 1 act. 2 
146. There's no Smoke Without Fire, 

comedietta, 1 act 

83. Thrice Married, personation piece, 

1 act 

42. Time and the Hour, drama, 3 acts. . 

27. Time and Tide, drama, 3 acts and 

prologue 7 

133. Timothy to the Rescue, farce, 1 act. 4 
153. 'Tis Better to Live than to Die, 

farce, 1 act 2 

134. Tompkins the Troubadour, farce, 1 3 
29. Turning the Tables, farce, 1 act 5 

168. Tweedie's Rights, comedy, 2 acts.. 4 

126. Twice Killed, farce, 1 act 6 

56. Two Gay Deceivers, farce, 1 act 3 

123. Two Polts, farce, 1 act 4 

198. Twin Sisters (The), comic operetta, 

lact 3 

162. Uncle's Will, comedietta, 1 act 2 

106. Up for the Cattle Show, farce, 1 act. 6 
81. Vandyke Brown, farce, lact 3 

124. Volunteer Review, farce, 1 act 6 

91. Walpole, comedy, 3 acts 7 

118. Wanted, a Young Lady, farce, 1 act. 



1 2 



7 3 



War to the Knife, comedy, 3 acts. . . 5 
05. Which of the Two? comedietta, lact 2 

98. Who is Who? farce, 1 act 3 

12. Widow Hunt, comedy, 3 acts 4 

5. William Tell with a Vengeance, 

burlesque 

36. Woman in Red, drama, 3 acts and 

prologue 6 

61. Woman's Vows and Mason's Oaths, 

4 acts 10 

11. Woodcock's Little Game, farce, 2 4 
54. Young Collegian (Cantab.), farce, 1 3 



8 2 



DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



of DE WITT'S ACTING PLAYS AND PE WITT'S 



ETHIOPIAN AND COMIC DRAMAS , containing Plot, Costume, Scenery, 
Time of Representation and every other information, mailed free and post paid. Address, 
ROBERT M. DE WITT, 33 Rose Street, New York. 



DE WITT'S STHIQHAH & COMIC DEAMAS, 

Nothing so thorough and complete in the way of Ethiopian and Comic Dramas has ever 
been printed as those tJiat appear in the folloiving list. Not only are the plots excellent, the 
characters droll, the incidents funny, the language humorous, but all the situations, by-play, 
positions, pantomimic business, scenery and tricks are so plainly set down, and clearly ex- 
plained, that the merest novice could put any of them on the stage. Included in this catalogue 
are all the most laughable and effective pieces of their class ever produced. 

*** In ordering, please copy the figures at the commencement of each play, xvhich indicate 
the number of the piece in " De Witt's Ethiopian and Comic Drama." . 

Any of the following Plays sent, postage free, on receipt of price— 15 Cents Each. 



Address, ROBERT M. DE WITT, 

JVo. 33 ffose Street, JVew York, 

JSP™ The figure following the name of the Play denotes the number of Scenes, 
figures in the columns indicate the number of characters. — M. male; F. female. 
*** Female characters are generally assumed by males in these plays. 



The 



No. 
73. 

6. 
10. 
11. 
24. 
40. 
42. 
43. 
78. 
79. 

89: 

35. 
41. 
12. 
50. 
53. 
63. 
64. 
95. 

4. 
52. 
67. 
93. 
25. 
51. 
88. 
17. 
31. 
23. 
58. 
70. 
77. 
82. 
i 83. 
86. 

3. 
23. 
48. 
61. 
68. 
71. 
33. 
91. 

1. 
IS. 



African Bos, burlesque, 2 scenes. . . 5 
Black Chap from Whitechapel, 1 s. 4 

Black Chemist, sketch, 1 scene 3 

Black Ey'd William, 2 scenes 4 1 

Bruised and Cured, sketch, 1 scene. 2 

Big Mistake, sketch, 1 scene 4 

Bad Whiskey, sketch, 1 scene 2 1 

Baby Elephant, sketch, 2 scenes. . . 7 1 

Bogus Indian, sketch, 4 scenes 5 2 

Barney's Courtship, Irish, 1 scene. 1 1 
Bogus Talking Machine, Dutch 4 
Coal Heavers' Revenge, 1 scene.. 6 

Cremation, sketch, 2 scenes 8 1 

Daguerreotypes, sketch, 1 scene 3 

Draft (The), sketch, 1 act, 2 scenes. 6 

Damon and Pythias, 2 scenes 5 1 

Darkey's Stratagem, sketch, 1 act. . 3 1 
Dutchman's Ghost, sketch, 1 scene. 4 1 

Dutch Justice, sketch, 1 scene 11 

Eh ? What is it ? sketch, 1 scene. . . 4 1 

Excise Trials, sketch, 1 scene 10 1 

Editor's Troubles, farce, in 1 scene. . 6 
Elopement (The), farce, 2 scenes. . . 4 1 
Fellow That Looks Like Me, 1 s.. . . 2 1 
Fisherman's Luck, sketch, 1 scene. 2 
First Night, Dutch sketch, 4 scenes 4 2 

Ghost (The), sketch, 1 scene 2 

Glycerine Oil, sketch, 2 scenes 3 

Going for the Cup, interlude, 1 scene 4 

Ghost in a Pawnshop, 1 scene 4 

Guide to the Stage, sketch, 1 scene. 3 
Getting Square on Call Boy, 1 scene 3 
Good Night's Rest, sketch, 1 scene 3 
German Emigrant, sketch, 1 scene. 3 1 



3 1 



2 1 



Gripsack, sketch, 1 scene 

Hemmed In, sketch, 1 scene 

Hard Times, extravaganza, 1 scene. 5 1 

High Jack, the Heeler, 1 scene 

Happy Couple, sketch, 1 scene.. . 

Hippotheatron, sketch, 1 scene 9 

In and Out, sketch, 1 scene 2 

Jealous Husband, sketch, 1 scene 2 

Julius the Snoozer, 3 scenes 7 

Last of the Mohicms, 1 scene 3 

Live Injun, sketch, 4 scenes 4 

Laughing Gas, sketch, 1 scene 6 

Lucky Job, farce, 2 scenes 3 

Lost Will, sketch, 1 scene 4 

Lunatic (The), sketch, 1 scene 3 

Mutton Trial, sketch, 2 scenes 4 

Malicious Trespass, sketch, 1 scene. 3 



No. 
44. 
96. 

101. 
49. 
22. 
27. 
30. 
76. 

9. 
57. 
65. 
66. 
87. 
91. 
9-2. 
14. 
26. 
45. 
55. 
81. 

7. 
13. 
15. 
80. 
64. 
21. 
1G. 



56. 



72. 

74. 

inn. 

102. 

5. 

2. 

34. 

47. 

54. 

38. 



32. 



85. 



Musical Servant, sketch, 1 scene... 3 
Midnight Intruder (The), 1 scene. . 6 

Molly *Moriarty, Irish, 1 scene 1 

Night in a Strange Hotel, 1 scene. ... 2 
Obeying Orders, sketch, 1 scene... 2 

100th Night of Hamlet, 1 scene 7 

One Night in a Bar Room, 1 scene 7 
One, Two, Three, sketch, 1 scene.. V 

Policy Players, sketch, 1 scene 7 

Pompey's Patients, 2 scenes- (i 

Porter's Troubles, sketch, 1 scene.. 6 
Port Wine vs. Jealousy, 1 scene. . 2 
Pete the Peddlar, sketch, 1 scene.. 2 
Painter's Apprentice (The), 1 S';ene 5 

Polar Bear (The,) farce, 1 scene 5 

Recruiting Office, sketch, 2 scenes. 5 

Rival Tenants, sketch, 1 scene 4 

Remittance from Home, 1 scene . . . (i 

Rigging a Purchase, 1 scene 2 

Rival Artists, sketch, 1 scene 3 

Stupid Servant, sketch, 1 scene 2 

Streets of New York, sketch, 1 scene (J 

Sam's Courtship, farce, 1 scene 2 

Scenes on the Mississippi, 2 scenes. 6 
Serenade (The), sketch, 2 scenes. . . 7 

Scampini, pantomime, 2 scenes 6 

Storming the Fort, sketch, 1 scene. 5 
Siamese Twins, sketch, 2 scenes... 5 

Slippery Day, sketch, 1 scene 6 

Stage Struck Couple (The), 1 scene. 2 
Sausage Makers (The), sketch, 2 s.. 5 
Squire for a Day, sketch, 1 scene. . . 5 

Stranger (The), sketch, 1 scene 1 

SleepWalker (The), sketch, 2 scenes 3 
Three Chiefs (The), sketch, 2 scenes 6 

Three, A. M., sketch, 1 scene 3 

Two Black Roses (The), sketch. ... 4 

Tricks, sketch, 2 scenes 5 

Three Strings to One Bow, 1 scene. 4 
Take It, Don't Take It, sketch, 1 s. 2 

Them Papers, sketch, 1 scene 3 

Uncle Eph's Dream, sketch, 2 s ... 3 
Vinegar Bitters, sketch, one scene. 6 
Who Died First, sketch, 1 scene. . . 3 
Wake up, William Henry, 1 scene. . 3 
Wanted, a Nurse, sketch, 1 scene.. 5 
Weston the Walkist, Dutch 1 scene 7 
What Shall I Take '? sketch, 2 scenes 8 
Who's the Actor ? farce, 1 scene. . . 4 
Wrong Woman in the Right Place 3 
Young Scamp (The), sketch, 1 scene 3 













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